Vessel of enameled iron-ware



NIBDRINGHAUS VESSEL 0P ENAMELIED IRON WARE.

i (No Model.)

ATENT Fries.

WILLIAM F. NIEDRINGHAUS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

VESSEL OF ENAMELED lRON-WARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,596, dated December18, 1883.

Application filed September 19, 1883.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. NIEDRING- HAUS, of St. Louis, Missouri,have made a new and useful Improvement in Vessels of Enameled Iron-Ware,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of theimproved vessel, and Figs.:2 to 9- details upon an enlarged scale, Fig.2 being a View, in its developed form, of that portion of the vesselwith which the improvement is immediately connected; Fig. 3, a sectionon the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a side view of the ring or ear; Fig.5, an edge view of the ring or ear inserted in the perforation in thebasin-flange; Fig. 6, a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 8; Fig. 7, aside View of the ring or car in. position; Fig. 8, a section on the line8 8 'ofFig. 7 and Fig. 9 a section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 7.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The present invention is an improved-mode of attaching an ear or ring toenameled sheetiron vesselssueh as wash-basins. The flange a of thevessel A is slit at a, Figs. 2, 3. An ear or ring, B, Figs. 4, 6, havingthe eye I) and the prongs b b, is then inserted from beneath in the slita, as in Fig. 5E The flange a is then formed into a bead, a; in whichare inclosed the prongs b b, as shown in Figs. 6, 8, 9, and the eye 6projects from the bead o as shown in Figs. 7, 8, 9, from the center ofthe bead and in the general direction of the vessel-flange a. The vesselis then enameled to protect and finish it. The enamel closes the jointaround the neck of the ear, and, owing to the manner of attaching thecar, there is no projection upon the side of the head, which would occurin case an car were placed against the upper or underside of thevesselflange and fastened thereto by riveting. Such (N0 model.)

a projection, when the vessels are nested, is

apt to occasion injury by chafing the enamel of the adjoining vessel. Italso forms a shoulder, around which dirt is liable to collect. The earor ring shown is stamped out of sheet metal and the eye 79 is closed.

In another application filed of even date herewith, andofficiallynuinbered 106,886, (the present application being numbered106,885,) an ear or ring provided with an open neck, and attached to thevessel substantially as herein set forth, is described and claimed. Itmay be regarded as an improvement upon or modification of the presentinvention.

I clain1 1. A hollow vessel having a beaded edge, and provided with' anear or ring attached to said vessel, and projecting from the outer edgeof the head through a slit or opening therein, substantially asdescribed.

2. An enameled vessel-such as a basin provided with abeaded edge, andhaving a flat ear or ring projecting from the outer edge of the bead,and attached to the vessel within the thickness of the said head, sothat the said ear or ring does not overlie or underlie the bead, andtherefore does not intervene between the said vessel and an adjacent onein nesting, substantially as described.

3. An enameled sheet-iron vessel having a beaded edge, and provided withan ear or ring projecting through a slit or opening in the head, saidear or ring having prongsinclosed in the said head, and being therebyattached to the said vessel, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the vessel A and the ear or ring B, said vesselhaving the slit bead a and said ear or ring having the closed eye

